Botany and Zoology. 285 
GORGONACEA, 
Isidella elongata Gray=TIsis elongata Es Esper.—The locality of 
a species is tia’ variously by authors, as East Indies, West In- 
The M 
= ood pectingin. agreeing perfectly with Esper’s 
were obtained by Prof. Dana from near Naples. The g Tosality of 
own. 
hinomuricea V., gen. nov. Type, FE. coccinea V. (Acantho- 
gorgia coccinea V., Proc. Essex Inst., iv, p. 188, Pl. 6, fig. 7). This 
ies appears to ‘be generically distinct from. the type of Acan- 
; ogorgia in the structure and form of the verruce, and pai 
in the very large size and peculiar character of the spicula, whic 
are more or less imbricated, not in whorls, branched at base, the 
ends much ‘projecting, BARS rough, and sharp. 
4. On the Distribution of eh ard Fishes in the Allegheny 
Region of South Waxterh Virginia, by E. D. Copz. From the 
Souris of the Academy of Natural "Sciences, Philadelphia, 1868, 
4to. with 3 plates.—In this memoir the author gives a very inter- 
esting and complete review of the fish-faune of the head-waters 
of four distinct a ge = the James, the Roanoke, the Kana- 
wha, and the Tenne 
e enumerates 56 “species, quite a number of which are new. 
Several genera are also revised, and new ones establishe 
Of the whole number of species observed, 14 occur in the Roan- 
oke; 19 in the James; 27 in the Kanawha; 34 in the Holston. 
Common to the Soils rivers eee. : species. 
Roanoke and James only, 
“ James and Roanoke only, 4 . 
. *« Kanawha and Holsto y> - Seg 
o « James, Roanoke, and Kanawha only, 1 
The probable origin a a8 resemblances and diversities among 
these faune is also discussed. 
The author has tov upon a field of research which has hith- 
erto st very little explored in America, but which will doubt- 
soon become of great sae to all students of seccrwede 8 
Lodlogy and the origin of specie a9 
Sprin 
known to inhabit the State by 
ies Be list has erent been peer. with Baka 
a ngfield. The pas are of which 2 by 21 oe ae a 
% ae — of which Springfield claims 19, making 45 yo be 
both groups in the State, with 4 or 5 others that are likely | ie 
found herea: 
